Advance in the high temperature acceleration of propellants
High temperature acceleration of propellants in electrothermal thrustors including resistojet, arcjet, thermionic and plasma configurations
Ducati, A. C.↗
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A freeze, melt valve and dispensing system for cesium
Design and operation of freeze, melt valve used in vacuum encapsulating cesium for thermionic diodes
Morris, J. F.↗
Micro current measuring device using plural logarithmic response heated filamentary type diodes Patent
Micromicroampere current measuring circuit, with two subminiature thermionic diodes with filament cathodes
Josias, C. S.↗
Power system with heat pipe liquid coolant lines Patent
Electric power system with thermionic diodes and circulatory liquid metal coolant lines
Byrd, A. W.↗
Pressure measuring systems for closed cycle liquid metal facilities Final report
Thermionic diode pressure sensor for liquid, vapor, and two phase potassium flow measurements at high temperatures
Cassano, A. J.↗
Nonlinear oscillations and stability bounds in a nuclear reactor with linear reactivity feedback Semiannual report
Nonlinear differential equations describing stability of fast nuclear reactor with incore thermionic converters and reactivity feedback
Yee, S.↗
Evaluation of converters fueled with uranium nitride
Performance tests of two thermionic energy converters fueled with uranium nitride
Cassell, P. L.↗
Computer-acquired performance data from a chemically vapor-deposited-tungsten, niobium planar diode
Computer analysis of performance of chemically vapor-deposited tungsten, niobium thermionic converter based on temperatures of emitter, collector and cesium reservoir
Smith, A. L.↗
Performance of cylindrical converters with preferred-crystal-orientation emitters of chemically vapor deposited tungsten
Design and evaluation of cylindrical out-of-pile thermionic converter test vehicle to determine performance of tungsten emitters with preferred crystal orientation
Samstad, G. I.↗
Comparison of computer-acquired performance data from several fixed spaced planar diodes
Comparison of performance data envelopes for thermionic diodes with various tungsten or rhenium emitters and niobium or molybdenum collectors
Manista, E. J.↗
Cesiated work functions of 0001 rhenium
Cesiated work functions of directed monocrystalline Re thermionic emitter from saturated electron emission currents over temperature range
Lieb, D.↗
Development of a stable faceted tungsten emitter surface
High work function stable faceted W thermionic emitter surface preparation by electroetching and vapor deposition
Danko, J. C.↗
A simple empirical formulation of electron emission from cesiated metal surfaces
Electron emission formulation for cesiated metal surfaces in thermionic converter in terms of work function, using Swanson-Strayer correlation
Smith, A. L.↗
Design, operation and post-test analysis of a high performance cylindrical converter
Long term stability and post test analysis of vapor deposited W emitters in high performance cylindrical thermionic converters
Case, J. M.↗
Survey of electron, cesium collision probabilities - Momentum transfer collisions
Thermionic converter electron-cesium atom momentum transfer collision probability, considering scattering cross sections
Dayton, J. A., Jr.↗
Kinetics of electron reflection and ion recombination on insulator surfaces
Cs vapor filled cracks breakdown in thermionic trilayer insulators, calculating electron reflection and ion recombination kinetics on surfaces
Kniazzeh, A. G. F.↗
Caesium plasma diodes seeded with mercury or cadmium and the Penning effect
Cs plasma thermionic diode, using Penning effect for ionization rate increase via Hg or Cd seeding
Kaufman, A. J.↗
Welding and aging of bimetallic refractory metal joints
Bimetallic refractory metal joints electron beam welding and aging for applications to in-pile thermionic converters
Phillips, W. M.↗